Simulated Orbital Life Tests for Spacecraft Cells. Part II. Automatically Acquired Data, Review, and Recommendations.

Abstract

Content, availability, and recommended procedures for analysis of the data automatically acquired during 4-1/2 years of simulated orbital life testing of nickel cadmium spacecraft cells are described. A sample of the approximately 1,000,000 records that are stored on magnetic tape is included and summary tables list documented conditions that may have yielded discontinuities, irregularities, or biases in the record data. Recommendations for data analysis by empirical, statistical, and physical methods are provided. The empirical method attempts to identify all possible indicators associated with failed cells. The physical methods examine the data, or its form for regular and irregular trends, and explain these trends by cause and effect relationships and underlying physical concepts.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748251

Entities

People

  • Earl A. Roeger
  • Gerald H. Miller
  • John H. Waite
  • John Mccallum
  • Ralph E. Thomas

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Cooperation
  • Data Analysis
  • Discontinuities
  • Indicators
  • Life Tests
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Spacecraft
  • Tapes
  • Theoretical Computer Science

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space